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三体X：观想之宙（科幻银河奖、华语科幻星云奖得主作品） by Baoshu, 宝树

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fbroom's review against another edition

1.0

Stopped after 35% or so.
This was boring honestly. Did I care about the first bit of added romance? Nope. Did I care about trying to analyze and fill the gaps in the past? Nope. The cherry on top was adding the “Spirit” who was telling Yum Tianming about what was going on in the universe in his dreams. So like a god. Hmm boring so bye.

ccheng4's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Interesting concepts, but doesn't really compare to the originals in my opinion

rustykingswood's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

eveningreverie's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

Enjoyable, but adds a layer atop the original trilogy that requires a Herculean amount of disbelief suspension to take in. Fanfiction through and through, in all the worst ways (awful “real-life” tie-ins, unnecessary comments about other real media that is clearly the fanfic author venting, unnecessary sexualization of previously fairly chaste characters) and the best ways (thoughtful “what-if”s relating to the main series, attention to detail allowing for important story moments to be directly connected, large-scale spectacle).

Absolutely, bar none, the worst book in the Three-Body universe, but it does do a few things right and allows me to feel like I’m living in a universe I loved to read about that much longer, even if I do think I’ll try hard to forget pretty much everything about it.

ddoncila's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

It reads like fan fiction. I may have enjoyed it more had I not expected it to be remotely near the level of the original trilogy. A couple of interesting ideas and ok plot, but hampered considerably by eye-roll-inducing "reveals", terrible dialogue and generally weak writing.